Introduction to Big Data

Web 2.0 has changed the way we conduct business. It affects consumer interactions, information sharing, success measurement in terms of business revenue and customer wallet share, and brand management. Most importantly, it has created a revenue channel like none other. Personalization of products and services by enterprises have increased data volumes and the velocity of data production while creating a variety of data formats. We are now well and truly in the world of Big Data. The key value of this data is the vast amount of intelligence that can be found when data is modeled with geographic and demographic information. This introductory course will help students navigate through the complex layers of Big Data and Data Warehousing while providing information on how to effectively think about using these technologies and architectures to design the next-generation data warehouse. Concepts covered include an introduction to Big Data, discussion of Big Data Processing Architectures, explanation of the integration of Big Data and Data Warehouses, and fundamentals of Big Data Analytics. Examples will be used to step students through an implementation of a Big Data solution.